Monday, June 15, 2009

Artz de Scrap's Chosen Inspirational Scrapper for June 09 is our very own DTCandy Lagazon

Hello, altered art afficionados! My name is Candy Bonoan-Lagazon, married and mother to a handsome little boy. I'm also into doing my ancestry. Until I joined scrapbooking groups, I didn't know that what I've been doing is called "altered art." My style is basically vintage, often bordering on old elegance, rather than shabby. I'm an out-of-the-box thinker. I look forward to the many projects in store in the next few months, as well as to meeting new friends and to learning from fellow artists.

Step-by-step instructions:1. Cut the 5" x 3" board into a flag. Make sure that the pole side is at least 1- 1 1/4". Make the end of the pole rounded.2. Roll the corrugated board tightly, then release. This will allow the board to be bent.3. Fold about 1/2" of the corrugated board on both ends inwards. Staple each of the folded sides to the 8" x 4 1/2" heavy board. This will make the mailbox shape.4. Punch a hole at the rounded end of the flag-shaped board and attach to one side of the mailbox with a brad.5. Glue patterned paper on the mailbox and the flag. This completes the basic mailbox.6. To distress the paper and the corrugated board, lift some edges of the paper, together with the top layer of the corrugated board, pull and start tearing it away from the mailbox. A few tears make the mailbox interesting. To highlight the corrugated board, you can also rub the stamp pad against the exposed parts and paper edges.7. Embellish with flowers, leaves, lace, scrolls, etc. if desired. The completed mailbox can be used to keep messages on a desk. Enjoy making your own!Here are our takes for this tutorial

Monday, June 1, 2009

First of all, we would like to thank Candy, Bree and Raechelle for being a part of Artz de Scrap and inspiring us all with their works! =)

We are looking for talented Scrappers to be part of our inspirational group for a period of 6 months starting July 09 to December 09.

You will be receiving the following

- Recognition and Exposure

- A RAK as a token of appreciation from Artz de Scrap

- Discounts at Artz de Scrap's associates's esteemed online stores.

In turn, you are required to

- Submit all your monthly submissions due on time and submit all the mid-month tutorials.

- Host 1 tutorial in a pre-determined month within your term.

- You will also have to post all sneaks and your takes on the challenges on your respective blogs and to promote Artz de Scrap.

Interested? If so, THIS is what you need to do:Just email us with the subject "Artz de Scrap DT Call", your best three samples of your altered work (No LOs), your name, your address and your blog URL to artzdescrap@yahoo.com.sg by the 22nd of June 09.**Note: These 3 altered works submitted MUST not be from any of Artz's previous challenges!**

In addition, do try out the June Altered Envelope Challenge and submit it with your DT call submission.

The 3-4 chosen designers will be contacted BY June 25th and will be revealed on the blog on July 1st 2009!!!

Are you a scrapper who likes to alter all things beautifully? Looking for unique artistic ideas as well as everyday, accessible projects that makes great gifts for friends and family? If your answer is YES, YES and YES, then you've come to the right Blog!!!Here at Artz de Scrap we are dedicating this site to inspire Scrappers through all the different altering techniques available and we will be sharing all the beautiful and unique creations by our scrappers.